The pictures below were taken during the upgrade of the SeaWiFS Receiving Station on May 4, 1998 at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. The existing 1.5 meter L/S band receiving station was replaced with a larger 3 meter antenna and 4 meter radome.
Before the new antenna, radome and pedestal could be installed, the exisiting system needed to be hoisted off the roof. Arthur (Art) Suazo of SeaSpace Corporation and Jarrod Lamphere working for SeaTel, Inc. did the work.
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Art attaching lifting straps to 1.5m radome |
The radome is lifted off the pedestal |
The radome high above the roof |
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The crane swings the radome and antenna over the roof's edge |
The old radome is placed on a shipping pallet |
Preparing to attach the lifting straps to the old pedestal |
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The old pedestal being lifted off the roof platform |
The pedestal on its way down |
The old pedestal being placed on the ground |
